Perse

Perse
Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. It is one of the many created from the popular personal name "Peter", which in medieval England was more usually found as "Piers". "Peter" derives from the Greek petros, meaning a rock, and was the name given by Jesus to Simon to be symbolic of steadfastness in faith. St. Peter was the favourite saint of the medieval church, and his name popular throughout Christendom during the Middle Ages. The version "Piers" is the French one, originally brought over by the Normans at the time of the Conquest in 1066. There are at least sixteen different spellings of the name in the modern idiom, including Pierce, Pearce, Piers, Peers, Peres, Perse, Persse, and the rare diminutives Persett or Persitt. Danyell Pierce was an early settler in America, leaving the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, on the ship "Elizabeth", bound for New England, in 1634. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gilbert Perse. This was dated 1198, in the Pipe Rolls of the city of London, during the reign of King Richard 1st, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as the Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • PERSE — IDÉE de l’Iran et études iraniennes ont subi très longtemps un morcellement désastreux. On connaît le mot d’Oswald Spengler: «L’Iran a été livré aux philologues.» Le jugement est il juste? La responsabilité n’est elle pas partagée par d’autres?… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • PERSE (34-62) — Né en Étrurie, à Volaterrae, dans une famille appartenant à l’ordre équestre, Perse (lat. Aulus Persius Flaccus) est encore petit enfant lorsqu’il perd son père, et dès lors il est élevé par sa mère. Ses études sont des plus studieuses, tout… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Perse — can refer to: *A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology, (aka. Persa or Perseis ) *The Perse School, an independent co educational school in Cambridge, England *Perse School for Girls, an independent girls school in Cambridge, England… …   Wikipedia

  • Perse —   [pɛrs], Saint John, französischer Lyriker, Saint John Perse …   Universal-Lexikon

  • perse — late 14c., “blue, bluish gray,” later “purplish black,” from O.Fr. perse, from L.L. persus, perhaps a back formation from one of the early European forms of PERSIA (Cf. Persia) …   Etymology dictionary

  • peršė — peršė̃ sf. (4) peršėjimas: ^ Kiekvienam savo peršė̃ rūpi Mrj …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • Perse — (Perseïs), Tochter des Okeanos, von Helios Mutter des Aëles, der Kirke etc …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Perse — Perse, Saint John …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • perse — [pʉrs] n. [ME pers < OFr < ML persus < ? L Persa, Persian] dark grayish blue …   English World dictionary

  • Perse — 29° 56′ 04″ N 52° 53′ 29″ E / 29.93444444, 52.89138889 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • perse — (pèr s ) s. f. Toile peinte, qui venait originairement de l Orient, et que maintenant on fabrique partout. On doit comprendre sous le nom de toiles peintes et imprimées, les perses, les indiennes, les anglaises,... Dict. des arts et mét. Toiles… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”